3) 5.11 - David Price's ERA

The panic seems to be over now, as some adjustment to his mechanics have fixed Price. His velocity is better, his delivery is smoother, and his ERA is 2.63 since Dustin Pedroia detected a flaw in his motion, all of which is more in keeping with what was expected when Price signed with the Sox last winter.

It will, in all likelihood, keep diminishing, now that Price has figured things out. Still, no one could have imagined that after 11 starts, Price would be sporting the same ERA as Henry Owens, currently toiling in Pawtucket.

Barnes may yet to have earned the complete trust of the manager and coaching staff to work high-leverage situations late in games. But he's certainly caught their attention with his ability to come into jams and get out of them, stranding 16 of 17 baserunners.

It's still likely that the Sox seek a late-inning reliever at the deadline to fill the void left by the season-ending injury to Carson Smith. But Barnes has done everything that's been asked of him and continues to improve.

5) 1.132 - OPS for David Ortiz

At this point, it's difficult to be surprised by too much of what Ortiz accomplishes. Even at 40, he remains impossibly clutch and unfailingly productive.

He hit 37 homers last year, enjoyed a terrific second half, and gave every indication that he would have a robust final season.

But few thought that he would be leading the league in OPS one-third of the way through the season. Just when you think you've seen it all from Ortiz, he gives every indication that he might have saved his best season of all for last.

6) .601 - Jackie Bradley's slugging percentage

Bradley hinted at this kind of power for about a month last year, from early August to early September.

But in the final three weeks of the 2015 season he sank at the plate again. Over the final 25 games, he had just six extra-base hits (four doubles and two homers), suggesting that if the previous month wasn't a mirage, it was, at the very least, an aberration.

This year, however, Bradley has shown amazing consistency when it comes to driving the baseball and is currently third in the American League in slugging.

7) 11.2 - Robbie Ross Jr's strikeout-per-nine innings rate

In 2016, every reliever throws hard -- or so it seems. But few could have anticipated this from Ross.

Until this season, he had averaged 7.1 strikeouts per nine innings in his career. But with improved velocity -- for which Ross credits, among other things, his adopted practice of yoga -- Ross is averaging 11.2 strikeouts this season.

He fanned two of the three hitters he faced, making it 21 strikeouts in his last 13 2/3 innings pitched.

8) 9 - The number of quality starts from Steven Wright in 10 outings

Knuckleballers are supposed to be streaky, but Wright has been the very picture of consistency this season. In every start but one, he's given the Red Sox a mininum of six innings and allowed no fewer than three earned runs.

The one start in which he failed to do so was undertaken in a mini-monsoon when Wright couldn't properly grip his signature pitch, producing predictable results.

9) 90 percent - The Red Sox stolen base success rate

The Sox have attempted 39 steals and been caught just four times. And one of those caught stealings was actually on the back end of a busted hit-and-run try. So technically, Red Sox basestealers have been thrown out three times in two months.

The same kind efficiency was part of the 2013 team, which took advantage of baserunning opportunities and seemingly made the most of them.